local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
ordinary citizen; the general public
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
commerce; trade; business
amusement (recreational) facilities
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
fixed fitting (esp. window)
night view; night skyline; nightscape
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; attractive older man with some gray hair
business; errand; nature of one's business
it's been a long time; long time no see
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings